People
Faculty
Patrick Murphy
Title
- Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D., English Literature, University of Wisconsin, 2007
- M.A., English Literature, University of Wisconsin
- B.A., English, Denison University
Teaching Interests
- Old and Middle English language and literature
- Comics and graphic novels
Research Interests
- Old and Middle EnglishlLiterature
- Folklore
- Medievalism
- Genre
Selected Publications
- “Bocstafas: A Literal Reading of Exeter Book Riddle 57.” Philological Quarterly (forthcoming)
- “Leo ond beo: Exeter Book Riddle 17 as Samson’s Lion.” English Studies (forthcoming)
- “The Riders of the Celestial Wain in Exeter Book Riddle 22.” Notes and Queries (December 2006)
Work in Progress
Patrick Murphy is currently working on a book entitled, Dark Tracks: Reading the Exeter Riddles in Context and an edited collection (with Frederick Porcheddu, Denison University) tentatively entitled, Medievalists Read the Antiquarian: Essays on the Fiction of M.R. James.